Foundation.
In 1699 the Trustees of Soham Moor Charities established a School open to the boys of the Parish generally. The endowment of the foundation was derived from land in Soham. In 1878 the School was re-established under a Scheme under the Endowed Schools Acts (1869, etc.), and was known as Soham Moor Endowed School. In 1909 the name of the Foundation was changed to Soham Grammar School.In 1916, when the endowment was found to be inadequate, the School was transferred to the Cambridgeshire County Council, by whom it is now maintained. New premises, of which details and photographs are given elsewhere in the Prospectus, have been acquired for the use of the School from September, 1926.
Object of the School.
The School has all the usual advantages of a secondary school, and at the same time aims at giving special facilities for a secondary education with a rural bias for those who desire it. Its curriculum has been adapted to meet the special needs of the country boy and to make use of his knowledge of the countryside to equip him not only for professional careers but also as agriculturalist and horticulturalist. The School prepares boys for the First School Examination, which every boy is expected to take. Afterwards he may choose either (i) a two years' course for the Higher School Certificate, or (ii) a course in more advanced agriculture and horticulture in preparation for agricultural and horticultural posts and other occupations connected with rural industries. It should be the object of every boy to take one of these two more advanced courses in order to get full benefit from the School.